surgery update #3

Today has been the longest day of my whole life. We were up at the hospital at 5:30 AM to take our parents and siblings back to see Sawyer (they are the only ones we have taken back to see Sawyer so far to limit his exposure to outside germs and keep him healthy). Ever since then we have been going, going, going. 

They called at 4:45 to let us know they are winding down. They are slowly taking him off bypass and will be finishing up. We aren't sure when they will be done, or how things went, until they call in an hour. We will also meet with the surgeon to go over the surgery. Because of the swelling they will leave his chest open with a patch over it in order to allow the swelling to go down. Once it's gone down they will close his chest (not another operation just something that will be done in the CICU in the next couple of days). 

Please continue to pray - we are eager to meet with he surgeon to hear how things have gone. We won't really know the prognosis of the lungs until the next few days after he has recovered more from this heart operation. 

Love, 

Ashlyn

surgery update #2

Josh and I walked with Sawyer back to the OR room around 12 PM. We both gave him kisses and told him we loved him. Walking away was probably one of the hardest things we have ever done. No one can prepare you for how it feels to leave your two week old son for open heart surgery. 

After we left him, we headed to the family waiting room where they will call us with updates. The sedation process takes about an hour so we were prepared for a call around one. We both got lunch and settled in with our families to wait for the call. They did call at one and said he had gone to sleep fine and they had just made the incision. We were told the next call would come in an hour to an hour and a half. TWO HOURS LATER at 3 PM- they finally called! They have successfully gotten him on bypass and they are doing the repairs right now. The next call will hopefully come within an hour to an hour and a half. 

Thank you for continuing to pray for our family and sweet Sawyer!

 

Here are some more pictures!

Love,

Ashlyn

surgery update #1

Hi everyone! Just wanted to let those know who follow our blog but not necessarily our Facebook page that surgery has been delayed to closer to 12 PM. Sawyer was second case, so he had to wait for the first surgery to be completed. I am happy to say that Josh and I were finally able to hold him - check out the pictures! I can't describe how amazing this feeling was to finally hold my son after 13 long drawn out days!

Please continue to pray for Sawyer and all doctors/surgeons involved in the surgery!

Love,

Ashlyn